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BURGESS T. MONTGOMERY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

BOOK OR COPY HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,664, dated December25, 1900.

Application filed April 10, 1900. Serial No. 12,338. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom, it 'nt/t-y concern:

Be it known that I, Buncnss T. MonTeoM- ERY, of Washington city, in theDistrict of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bookor Copy Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in holders or stands for books, loosesheets, documents, or the like to be used by public speakers, copyists,and others; and it has for its object a holder of this character whichcan be conveniently arranged to hold any of the articles above mentionedof any reasonable thickness and which can be adjusted to differentelevations and inclinations and arranged for different articles asdesired.

The invention consists in certain details of construction andarrangements and combinations of the parts, which I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which like characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views in which they occur.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved book and copy holderarranged on a stand and holding an open book for copy. Fig. 2 is a rearperspective of the same arranged for holding loose sheets. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective View of a modified form of a spreader for an openbook. Fig. 4 is a front view of the device as arranged in Fig. 2. Fig. 5is an enlarged perspective view of a leafretaining device shown detachedand with its line-indicator partly broken away. Fig. 6 is a verticalsection of the device arranged as in Figs. 2 and 4. Fig. 7 is a detailperspective view of the preferred form of spreader. Fig. 8 is alongitudinal section of a friction clamp or keeper on a rod. Fig. 9 is adetail plan view of a portion of a cross-bar of the rest or holder withits extension-clip. Fig. 10 is a detail horizontal section on the line10 10 of Fig. 6. Fig. 11 is a similar view on the line 11 of Fig. 6.Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view of the lamp-holder. Fig. 13 is afragmentary view of the rod of the same, and Fig. 14 is a top view of alamp-shade employed. Fig. 15 is a perspective view of a Fig. 16 is aface view of an auxiliary support for unusually long sheets. Fig. 17 isa top edge view thereof, and Fig. 18 is a detail perspective view of amodification.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the pedestal of my improvedbook and copy holder, having rubber-padded feet and provided with aball-bearing rotatable top plate 11, from whose upper face rise sockets12, in which a horizontal spindle 13 is journaled. The movement of suchspindle with respect to the plate 11 is limited by means of a metalstrap 14, secured to the plate and having an elongated slot 14., inwhich a lug 13 on the spindle is fitted. The spindle 13 has securedthereto the main supporting-rods 15, preferably integrally connected attheir upper ends by a bow 15 whereby is formed a handle by which thedevice may be lifted or carried from place to place, and the holder orsupport 16 is mounted on said rods and is free to move up and downthereon.

The holder or support 16, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, comprises topand bottom cross-bars 17 17 and intermediate cross-bars 18, connectedrigidly together by vertical side posts 19 and intermediate posts 19.All the crossbars, as shown, are apertured to receive the rods 15,whereby the support 16 may be slid along the rods, and tension isexert-ed outwardly between the rods 15 by bowsprings 20, as shown inFigs. 2 and 10, so as to effect a sufficient amount of friction to holdthe support 16 at any elevation. A spring locking-brake 20 is alsoprovided, being secured to one rod and acting as a cam against the otherrod underneath the lowermost cross-bar 17 a to lock the support atvarious elevations, as best seen in Fig. 11. The lower cross-bar 17forms a bottom rest for the book or copy and is made extensible in widthto accommodate varying thicknesses by means of leaves or wings 21,pivoted on the upper face of the bottom rest to swingin a plane parallelwith such face, and provided with segmental slots 22 and 23, limitingtheir movement. It is evident that the slots 23 may be dispensed with,if desired, and the slots 22 closed around the side posts 19 to limitthe movement of the leaves 21.

The cross-bars 17 and 18, which form the back-rest for the book or otherarticle, are curved or offset forwardly at their ends and therefrom,being fitted at their lower ends.

with rollers 16, which are so arranged that they will travel in thecircumference of a circle of which the pedestal is the center, and saidlegs are braced horizontally and angularly by braces 16 and 16, asshown. Now

. it will be observed that the holder or support 16 is free to moveabout the pedestal 10 as an axis, and as the main supporting-rods 15 arefree to swing in a vertical plane any elevation or lowering of thesupport 16 on the rods will cause a corresponding increase or decreasein the inclination of the said support 16, as the supporting-legs 16always maintain the same angle with respect to the holder 16.

It is especially important when the holder is used for a book to providesimple means for maintaining the book in open position, and for thispurpose I provide spreaders 25, secured to the ends of rods 26, therebeing preferably two used, and one being inserted through atransversely-extending rubbertipped bearing 27 in the lower cross-bar17, while the other is inserted in a rubber-tipped bearing 28, securedto a leaf-bracket 29, said bracket being carried by a plate 30, whoseends are slidably fitted on the rods 15 and which is frictionally heldon said rods by a bow-spring 31. Guide-rods 32 depend from the outerends of the bracket 29 and move in the posts 19 as the bracket is raisedand lowered. Each rod'26 of the spreaders is provided with a keeper 33,inserted thereon and frictionally engaging the rods, said keepers beingadapted to be moved up against the rubber-tipped ends of the bearings 27and 28 to keep the spreaders firmly against the open bookno matter howthick the same may be, and the upper spreader, as is evident, may becarried by the bracket 29 toward and from the lower to accommodate booksof different heights. When an unusually thin book is to be held open, Ipreferably use a spreader of the form shown in Fig. 3, which is made outof a single piece of wire in bow-knot form and has a portion 34 adaptedto fit in a recess 35 in the plate 30. With regard to these spreader-sit will be seen that the essential and distinctive features of the sameare an axial rod passing through a bearing in a line substantially atright angles to the plane of the book-holder, said rod having twobearingarms offset to the same side of the axial center, so that whenrotated about said center the arms will both pass oi the book to allowthe turning of a page, the axial rod being also longitudinallyadjustable to accommoposition.

relation and cooperation with said holder and,

the parallel supporting-rods for the holder in accomplishing the objectsof my invention. Pivoted on the guide-rods 32 and held be tween thelower side of the bracket 29 and i lock-nuts 36 are bearing-plates 37,either of which is adapted to have inserted there.

through an arm 38, having a T-head 39, adaptthrough and depending fromthe T-head 39 of the arm 38, and angular slotted edge-re taining plates42 and 43, of which the lower plate is held in adjusted position aroundthe lower edge of the book by means of a bindings; 7 nut 44 andstrengthening-washer 45, while the upper plate 42 is held in adjustedposition? around the upper edge of the book between the interlockingsections of a clamp 46, frio- A line spacer a or indicator 47 ispivotally mounted on the rod tionally fitted on the rod 41.

41 between two friction-clamps 48, as shown. When it is desired tosupport loose sheets,

documents, or the like upon the holder 16, I

preferably employ sheet-retaining rods 49,

(shown in Fig. 4,) which have their lower ends detachably fitted byscrew-thread engagement in the extension-leaves 21, while theiri.

upper ends are inserted through the T-heads o; ed to receive and holdthe upper end of abook :4 leaf retainer 40, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. 1This latter consists of a rod 41, inserted of supporting-arms 50, whoseshanks are" adapted to extend through the pivoted bear- 7 V, I05

ing-plates 37 and are screw-threaded to receive the lock-nuts 51 and 52,whereby to hold the upper ends of the rods 49in suitable contact withthe sheets, while the lower portions 7 of the rods are brought intoproper position 7 I 10 71 by moving the extension-leaves 21. A linespacer or indicator 53 is frictionally mounted on one of the rods 49,and upper and lower 7 knobs 54, of cork or other suitable material,

are fitted on the rods 49 to bear against the paper.

At the upper ends of the supporting-rods 15,

between the interlocking sections of frictione I clamps 55, isdetachably held a lam p-suppo'rtwhich is adjustably held the rear end ofa thrown upon the face of the paper on the holder. Said lamp adjustmentis convenient gas, and other lighting appliances.

All of the frictional keepers or clamps em- V ployed in my device are ofthe construction shown in Fig. 8 and are composed oflongitudinally-smooth-bored sections 59 aud'60, of

which the section 59 is formed with a threaded, socket 61, in which isfitted a rubber or other compressible washer 62, and the section 60 hasT also for connecting and holding incandescent, f i

a threaded countersunk boss or extension 63, which as it screws in thesection 59 com presses the washer 62, so that when the connectedsections are inserted on a rod the keeper may be tightened or loosenedon the rod by screwing the sections more or less tightly together.

As shown in Figs. 16 and 17, I employ an auxiliary support or back 63,adapted to rest upon the extension leaves or wings 21 and constructed inhinged sections 64 and 65, each of which is provided with an extensibleboard 66, guided by rods 67, as shown, and formed at their ends withspringclips 68, adapted to engage the edges of the sheets or manuscript.I may also attach the retainer 40 to this auxiliary back or support, asshown. I usually reverse this back if it is used for a book.

Fig. 18 illustrates a modification of the bracket which is adapted tohold the upper book-spreader 25, and consists in making the bracket 69extensible by means of a slotted plate 70, fitted on the rods 15 andslidable in and out, as indicated, in order to adapt the upper spreaderto books of diiferent thicknesses.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character described, the combination with apedestal; of a top plate pivoted about a vertical axis and hearing ahorizontal spindle, main supportingrods mounted to freely swing in avertical plane on said top plate about this horizontal spindle, and aholder or rest slidably fitted on said rods and provided with legssubstantially shown and described.

2. In a device of the character described, a pedestal, supporting-rodsrotatably and pivotally mounted on said pedestal, a rest or holder forthe paper or the like slidable on said rods, and springs impartingtension to said rods whereby to create friction between the rods and therest, as shown and described.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination with thepedestal; of a top plate pivoted about a vertical axis, and bearing ahorizontal spindle, supporting rods mounted on said horizontal spindle,and a holder or rest slidably fitted on said rods, and friction devicesfor holding it at various points thereon substantially as described.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with apedestal having a rotary top plate, of a horizontal spindle held to turnabout its longitudinal axis on said top plate, supporting-rods securedat their lower ends to said spindle and provided with ten sion devices,and a holder or rest slidably fitted on said rods and held at variouselevations on said rods, as set forth.

5. In a device of the character described, the combination with apedestal, of supporting-rods mounted to swing in a vertical plane onsaid pedestal and also rotatable about said pedestal as a center, a restor holder vertically slidable on said rods, and supporting-legs securedto said rest and provided with rollerfeet arranged to move in thecircumference of a circle of which the pedestal is a center, as setforth.

6. In a device of the character described,

a pedestal provided with a rotary top plate, a horizontal spindlemounted to rotate about its longitudinal axis on said top plate andhaving a stop-lug, a slotted strap secured to said top plate and fittedaround the lug on said spindle whereby to limit the movement of thelatter, supporting-rods secured at their lower ends to said spindle, arest or holder slidably mounted on said rods, bow-springs exertingtension between said rods whereby to create friction between the rodsand rest, and a brake for locking said rest in adjusted position, assetforth.

7. In a device of the character described, supporting-rods, a rest orholder'formed with apertures whereby it is slidably mounted on saidrods, and a spring-brake secured to one of said rods and arranged tobind against the other rod, as set forth.

8. In a device of the character described,

a rest or holder provided with cross-bars 0&- set forwardly at theirends and fingers pivoted to the ends of said bars to swing in a planeparallel with that of the holder, and adapted to be turned overmanuscript or the like on said holder, as set forth.

9. In a device of the character described, a rest or holder provided onits bottom with pivoted leaves or wings whose axis of motion is parallelto back of the rest and whose plane of adjustment is at right anglesthereto and parallel to the bottom, forming widening extensions of thesame substantially as described.

10. In a device of the character described, a rest or holder providedwith a bottom rest or bar, and wings or leaves pivoted at one end to theface of said bottom bar, each wing being provided with a segmental slotand there being provided studs on the bar fitted in said slots, as setforth.

11. In a device of the character described, an auxiliary back or supportconstructed in hinged sections each of which is laterally extensible andprovided with clips, as set forth.

12. The combination with a pedestal and parallel supporting-rods mountedthereon; of a book-holder and an adjustable bracket slidablymounted onsaid rods, and two bookspreaders one mounted on the lower portion of theholder and the other carried on the adjustable bracket andslidablymounted on the parallel supportingrods of the bookholder in aposition above the latter as described.

13. The combination with a pedestal and parallel supporting-rods mountedthereon; of a book-holder slidably mounted on said rods and twobook-spreaders, one mounted on the book-holder and the other on theparallel supporting-rods above the book-holder said spreaders having anaxial adjustment about an axis at right angles to the. plane of thebook-holder as described.

14. The combination with a pedestal and parallel supporting-rods mountedthereon; of a book-holder slidably mounted on said rods, and two book-spreaders one mounted on the book-holder and the other on the parallelsupporting-rods above the book-holder, said spreaders having an axialsupporting! rod arranged at right angles to the plane of the book-holderand being made adjustable in longitudinal direction and also adjustableabout its axis as described.

15. In a device of the kind described the combination with thebook-holder and its support; of a book-spreader comprising an axial rodarranged in bearings in a line substantially at right angles to theplane of the book-holder and having two bearing-arms ofiset to the sameside of the axial center, said spreader being adjustable longitudinallyas regards its axis,-and'in a circular path about its axisto remove thespreader from the edge of the book in turning the page substantially asdescribed.

16. In a device of the kind described, the combination with thebook-holder and its support; of a book-spreader comprising an axial rodarranged in a line substantially at right angles to the plane of thebook-holder and having two bearing-arms ofiset'rto-the f same side ofthe axial center, a bearing for 1 the axial rod and means for lockingsaid axial 5;

rod and its arms substantially as described 17. In a device of the kinddescribed, the 3 and having two bearing-arms offset to the 46 same sideof the axial center, a bearing for 5 the said axial rod, and a frictiondeviceon i: said rod arranged to hold the bearing-arms V g down againstthe book substantially as described. 18. In a device of the a 45 kinddescribed the combination with the book-holder and its two f if supporting-rods; of a cross-plate attached to V i '7 i said rods above thebook-holder and having an arm attached thereto for supporting a 56,?

lamp and friction-clamps 55 connecting'said plate to the rodssubstantially as described;

. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses F. S. STITT, SOLON C. KEMoN.

BURGESS T. MONTGOMERY. 5

